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SALE 1286
IMPORTANT SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART
New York
21 October 2003
LOT 97
NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH] (1874-1947)
Ocean Series: Creation
Price realised
USD 53,775
Estimate
USD 30,000 - USD 50,000
painted in 1922 on Monhegan Island, Maine
tempera on canvas
22x33¼in. (55.9x84.5cm.)
the reverse inscribed in pencil n. 182, the reverse of the canvas stamped 'Property of: Nicholas Roerich Paintings and Art Collections, Inc.'
LITERATURE
Roerich Museum Catalogue, (New York, 1930), p. 17, n. 182
EXHIBITED
Roerich Museum, New York, 1930, n. 182
LOT NOTES
See footnote for lot 96.